Culture Night 2023: Drop-In Art Workshop: Dancing Flags

Connect with where we are now and where we have come from through sound, dance, movement, drawing and painting. Make connections with multiple places and cultures, recent and ancient, things we have forgotten or were taken from us. Thinking about songs or instruments that remind us of home (whatever that means), Rema will facilitate a series of activities in order for us to explore and connect with each other’s found memories.

This workshop continues the conversation of Rema Hamid’s Dancing Flags, an artwork comprising of five flags on Wellington Quay on view for the week of Culture Night.

Booking is advised but not essential. Drop in anytime for this workshop which takes place in Studio 1 at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.

All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Rema Hamid is a multi-disciplinary artist, community organiser and poet from Sudan, based in Dublin. They work mainly through writing - prose, experimental essay’s, poetry and more recently ceramics and script writing. They hold a BA in Sociological and Political Studies and a MA in Activism and Advocacy, both from the National University of Ireland, Galway. They seek to harness their experiences into a creative field, tying their academic experience, their life and varied creative pursuits into one. Their grass roots practice is very much socially engaged creating meaningful collaborations in a community environment.

Image Description: Rema is crouched down on the floor painting a white line with a small brush on white paper which covers the floor. Rema is a brown skinned person with long black braids, wearing a bright blue jumpsuit with several patches on it and light purple socks. In the background, there are more brush marks on the papered floor, in yellow, purple and green. There is a bottle of white paint and a paint pallet with various coloured paints on the floor to the right of the artist.